Is taste really that subjective?

[Buggs5347]

What vendors are you using, besides ECBlends?

Also, in my experience with a lot of IRL vaping friends, menthol smokers do have a tougher time with flavor. I believe menthol deadens or wreaks havoc on the tastebuds a lot.

 

[sgenn99]

I like Backwoods Brew. Casablanca is my all day vape. Has been for months.

 

[Lex Ave]

It took me MONTHS to find a vendor that finally had liquids that actually had FLAVOR to them. Thank goodness for samples. At least that way, you dont have to spend money on a 30ml bottle that you will never use again.

I actually attended a vapefest, and went on a mission to find a vendor (who came all over the country) that actually had good flavors.

One vendor in particular, had every single flavor under the sun - when I sampled their flavors, I actually thought they left out the flavor when they made it.

Good luck! But know you are not alone. I went through the problems like it was a diluted flavor.

Months of websites, FB posts, sample packs (even some FREE samples) I finally found one that I enjoy

 

[kristlynngirl]

I have seasonal allergies and whacked out sinuses too. Probably why I'll like some juices for a while then another day they're yucky to me.

I've also used VapeDudes, The Vapor Girl, fuZion Vapor, The Vapor God....all are hit or miss. I like everything I've tried from fuZion so far, and the rest have been about 50/50.

 

[Ladypixel]

I've been vaping since February, and at first, I wanted EVERY FLAVOR. I would have 2-3 different PVs with different flavors on me at any time, and I still wanted more, because I couldn't take a lot of any given flavor.

Then my tastebuds changed. For stretches lasting from two weeks to a month or two, I'd want one particular kind of juice... and ONLY that kind of juice. Now, I can't stand the juices that I vaped for those extended periods of time (which is sad, because I REALLY liked both of those juices at the time!).

Then my tastebuds changed again, and I started blending my own juice to try to reduce the cost. For most of the time from roughly May until now, I've been vaping my own homeblend, which is a mix of toasted almond and whipped cream flavors. Very mild, very lightly sweetened, only barely a step up from vaping unflavored. And for months, that worked... until a couple weeks ago, when I discovered I wanted flavors again and started digging through my old juice stash for options. (I've also discovered that six-to-eight-month-old juice is very hit or miss for me.)

I've used juice from Pink Spot, ECBlends, VapeDudes (heavily!), GenXVapors, Backwoods Brew, MoreVapor, and a couple other places. At the moment, I've discovered my old Backwoods Brew stuff has gone syrupy and dark and is almost unvapeable. My ECBlends stuff was always hit or miss, my Pink Spot I've never been fond of. VapeDudes and GenX are both still OK after many months, as is MoreVapor (in fact, I'm vaping the MoreVapor Gummy Sabers right now). But even that depends on the flavor and how well it steeped.

Stuff I used to adore now tastes peppery to me (old nicotine juice can do this), or has lost some of the creamier notes I remember it having. Stuff I used to hate has now become palatable. And my own homebrew will still work in a pinch.

In other words, yes, your tastebuds are really that variable. You may want to keep a few misc juices around (best if kept in the freezer, by the way, so that they don't age as rapidly as stuff kept out of the freezer), but otherwise, I'd be inclined to say that ordering in small batches as your tastebuds require is best, or learn to make your own as I did.

 

[Tiffany Smeggin Peak]

Some are muted while others just taste like plastic, or worse, burnt plastic.

For instance I got some Dragons Blood with extra flavor. Everyone raves about this juice. Tasted like plastic no matter what I put it in. Same with a rum flavor also from ECBlend.

with the dragons blood, first tried it tasted like nothing, let it steep for a month, creamy fruit....

Here is a great example of how subjective taste is
ECBlends ry4/555 i thought it tasted like celery, yes celery!! I let it steep with the dragon and still GROSS
my boyfriend tried it, says it tastes like icecream, seriously??? no fair!
BTW you can send me that dragons blood free of charge lol

 

[kristlynngirl]

Celery? lol

I did let a co worker try a Rootbeer float flavor I had and he said it tasted like lysol!

Maybe I'll give the dragons blood some time and try it again, but it was pretty unvapeable for me when I got it.

 

[Tiffany Smeggin Peak]

yup.... i have heard some crazy stuff! i would keep all of them for atleast a month, btw if you got summer splash, if you steep it the flavor goes away
My taste buds went wonky, and i think they are back.... idk vaping is new, we tend to blame EVERYTHING on vaping, so that we have an excuse to go back to the stinkies (not saying that you personally are, i know i did) and be like "oops another failed attempt".

 

[mariahpoo]

I don't know if anyone has suggested it but... I would try Vermillion River. Oh and I am NOT a rep for them I am just over the moon about their juice. I only ever had 2 juices I REALLY didn't like. One was Chocolate chip cookie dough by virgin vaper and the other was anger birds by juicy vaper (which I dubbed the doll head vape for it's uncanny taste of a strawberry short cake doll head YUCK!). So I guess I am lucky. But the good thing about Vermillion is you can get a free sample though them. Try before you buy. And there is a reason they do that. Their juice is just that good.

 

[mariahpoo]

BTW... I would like to add that I am just like you in the way I have SUPER bad asthma (or more like did) and terrible allergies that contribute to my asthma. I started vaping to save my lungs and have been vaping on and off for over a year. At first I vaped all the time and some liquids would be worse on my asthma the others. But after my lungs healed up I have been doing much better. In fact I now use just a daliy medication to keep my asthma in check. And I don't have attack but once a week or less. Down from the 5-10 I would get per day. Yes I did say per day. Vaping has saved my life.

 

[Lex Ave]

I got one that was supposed to a "menthol" flavor, and it tasted like Vicks vapor rub! EW!

Celery? lol

I did let a co worker try a Rootbeer float flavor I had and he said it tasted like lysol!

Maybe I'll give the dragons blood some time and try it again, but it was pretty unvapeable for me when I got it.

 

[Ray D]

Taste is VERY subjective. I'm living proof.

Based on reviews which were glowing across the board, I bought a few tobaccos from a newcomer. They tasted nothing like tobacco. They didn't even taste like a pseudo-tobacco. And initially, all 3 tasted exactly the same to me (flavors which should have been miles apart). And the flavor was a combination of a bouquet of flowers crossed with perfume. Not very appealing at all.

I tried steeping them 2 weeks. Now they tasted different from each other, but still did not taste anything like they were supposed to. 2 of them were even pleasant vapes. Just not what I would remotely call a tobacco, nor what they were supposed to taste like. I tried them in LR cartos, clearos, even dripped them. Nope. Ugh.

My oldest daughter (a vaper as well) comes over and I ask her to try one of them out. She BEGGED me to give it to her! "OMG, this is AWESOME!" Said she tasted cured tobacco with hints of vanilla, toffee, a tinge of cocoa and something she wasn't sure of but guessed at honey or molasses. I snatch it out of her hand, try it myself. I'd call the taste "Rose water." That's what it tasted like to me.

So I have her try the other 2, both to raves. The juices even SMELL like perfume to me, but to her, it's almost a candy shop (not sweet, just that appealing).

At the time, I had only been off cigarettes for maybe 4 weeks. And I know my tastes are changing. So I'm holding onto them for a wee bit longer hoping my tastes adapt. If they don't by Christmas, my kid will get all 90 mls (minus testing volume).

Here's the funny thing. I get some Halo juice. I absolutely LOVE their Turkish. And JC's Silverthorn is divine to me. My daughter despises both. She calls Turkish "cheap perfume," and Silverthorn "rotgut whiskey."

My theory is that some of it is genetic. You remember in school how some kids would be "tasters" and some would be "non-tasters? I think some of that is at play here as well.

When I find a juice I love, I nurse the hell out of it. I'll only vape it fr short periods of time to save it. My all day vapes are the "tolerable" ones I'm trying to use up while I stock up on the ones I love. My biggest fear is that in 2-3 weeks, I'll pull out the ones I couldn't take more than one puff of, or didn't taste anything like what I thought they would... and find that they're amazing. I'll want more, and that would mean 6 weeks steeping potentially. Or maybe my tastes have finally adapted.

 

[Starrlamia]

Taste is biologically different for everyone not only in taste buds but also in the exposure you received growing up. With juice, try it also in different delivery systems they can change the taste dramatically.

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[Grimwald]

Oh yeah...you're not alone. I learned very early not to trust opinions on flavors. I too have bottles and bottles of what others thought were the cat's meow, but I can't vape. And it is subjective. My favorites my wife hates...and her favorites I hate. To each his own. You'll find it...but it may take awhile.

Oh, and to make it worse...your taste will change over time...at least mine have.

And to make it even worse, some days nothing taste good.

But there are those days when it just all clicks...those are the good days.

 

[Iowa Gal]

I like a lot of flavors but only a couple of vendors. If you find a vendor you like try a couple of different samples from them. With my current vendors although I have some juice I like more than others I don't have a stash of unvapeable juice.

 

[flintlock62]

The only opinion I listened to and really liked is Dragon's Blood from ECBlend. I made it even better when I mixed in a little Lavender, and let it steep.

Oh yeah...you're not alone. I learned very early not to trust opinions on flavors. I too have bottles and bottles of what others thought were the cat's meow, but I can't vape. And it is subjective. My favorites my wife hates...and her favorites I hate. To each his own. You'll find it...but it may take awhile.

Oh, and to make it worse...your taste will change over time...at least mine have.

And to make it even worse, some days nothing taste good.

But there are those days when it just all clicks...those are the good days.

 

[keifer]

Some are muted while others just taste like plastic, or worse, burnt plastic.

For instance I got some Dragons Blood with extra flavor. Everyone raves about this juice. Tasted like plastic no matter what I put it in. Same with a rum flavor also from ECBlend.

qualify everyone on that. i tried ECBlend because it was cheap - the same reason a lot of folks do. and, a helluva lot of options. were they any good? no. did i waste money trying to save money? yep. the best i can give the Dragon series is an ok. did i order it again? no. and the Dragon series was the best of the lot.

hang out on the eliquid forum and follow the busiest threads. personal observation, and yes - tastes vary. if you can't find something from NLV, i can't help ya. Vermillion River is way up there. HHV, way up there. personally, i don't like AVE juices, but lots and lots of people do. GEJ, Mom and Pops, Ahlusion, try those. BWB, KVP, W2Vape, etc. none of the ones you've mentioned having tried have anywhere near the following.

 

[-Mimi-]

If everyone's taste was the same, we all would be vaping the same flavor and there would be no need for variety I went through several juices that tasted like nothing. I have gone through even more with minimal flavor. I got lucky and found a couple that tasted great. Buttery Nipple is my favorite right now. I have dripped some flavors and could taste them, but when I put them in the tanks, flavors were muted.

One thing I haven't seen mentioned is what set up and tank are you using?? Tonight, I got my splitfire tank and tried it. OMG I was FLOORED at the flavor I am getting from this tank. I then did a side by side comparison with my nova and the same flavor. The splitfire hands down gave me A LOT more flavor!!! I have tried carts, various clearomizers, atty's and settled on the nova until tonight. I am getting a few more splitfires now!!

I don't know if it is your taste buds or your set up but you may want to consider trying a different tank or even get a dripping atty at a minimal cost and drip flavors to determine if it is your taste buds.

Good luck, I know how frustrating it is to have a whole box of flavors sitting there that can't be tasted!!

 

[kristlynngirl]

I do need to get a dripping atty to taste flavors.

Been using Twists with Vivi Nova, CE4s, and a few tank setups with boge or smoktech cartos. The CE4s are my least favorite, taste like plastic.

 

[Ray D]

I do need to get a dripping atty to taste flavors.

Been using Twists with Vivi Nova, CE4s, and a few tank setups with boge or smoktech cartos. The CE4s are my least favorite, taste like plastic.

Frankly, I wish I never started dripping. Nothing tastes as good as dripping to me.

But in the mean time for you, until you get some dripping atties, you can improvise. Take an old cartomizer, remove the filling carefully. Don't disturb the center tube. Clean with hot water just like you'd clean a carto normally and let it dry a couple days. This will serve as a functional "tasting" dripping attie.

Drop a few drops down the side wall (not the center tube), add drip tip and vape. The flavor probably won't reach true dripping atty heights (although one of mine did). But it will allow you to get a sense of the flavor before wasting a carto or clearo on something that just doesn't cut it for you.